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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children. ↗

— Sam Levenson

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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? ↗

— James Madison

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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things. ↗

— Herman Melville

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The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech. ↗

— John Mortimer

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I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

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The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive. ↗

— Jimmy Nail

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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. ↗

— William Penn

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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ↗

— Petrarch

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